What is recorded here
In wet pasture, located on the W side of stream, which flows N along the W side of a in a flat-bottomed valley. One of several fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds which occur over a distance of 1.5km along the base of the valley. A small heap (c. 3.6m E-W; 2.7m N-S; H 0.5m) of burnt stone and charcoal fragments including some large sandstone slabs. It has an uneven, disturbed appearance and may be displaced material rather than the remains of an 'in situ' mound. There is a fulacht fia (SL019-238----) c. 25m to E, and a burnt mound (SL019-213----) is c. 20m to NNE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 May 2011
Burnt mound in Carrowgilpatrick is a fulacht fia, typically dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. These features are significant as they provide evidence of prehistoric cooking or industrial activity in the landscape.
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- What survives
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